Coolgardie–Esperance Highway

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Western Australia

The Coolgardie - Esperance Highway is a highway in the south of the Australian state of Western Australia. It connects the Great Eastern Highway in Coolgardie with the South Coast Highway in Esperance on the south coast.

Course

In the Coolgardie Coolgardie - Esperance Highway turns south from the Great Eastern Highway ( N94 ) ​​and takes over its numbering. By dry, vegetation -poor country with many salt lakes - especially east of the route - it leads to the south. After 166 km he reached Norseman where east of the Eyre Highway (N1 ) opens.

As part of the National Highway 1 ( R1) of the Coolgardie - Esperance Highway leads his way further 203 km to the south until it reaches the coastal town of Esperance. Gradually, the area changes its face, there are forests and the closer you get to the coast, the more also agriculture. In Esperance on the Great Australian Bight, the highway ends. From there, the South Coast Highway (N1 ) leads to the west along the south coast towards Albany.

Source

Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas. Steve Parish Publishing. Archerfield QLD 2007 ISBN. 978-1-74193-232-4. p. 83

• Road in Western Australia